The Andy Griffith Show

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Few people know about Andy's background before he starred in "The Andy Griffith Show." He grew up in a small, rural North Carolina community. He graduated from college with a major in singing. Throughout those college years, he performed a wide variety of leading roles on stage, including classical, traditional and musical plays. Obviously, his early theatrical training was far different from the Sheriff Andy character in his later TV career. Still, that character ultimately became one of the all-time great TV icons. The thing about "The Andy Griffith Show" that made it so popular is it made people feel comfortable with themselves. The regular cast of the show was to a great extent just like real-life normal folks; you felt like you were friends with the whole gang. This was because the show's stories, crafted with intelligence and heart, dealt with normal human predicaments with which we all could identify. It didn't matter that the characters were rustic types who talked with a heavy southern accent. What mattered is that they entertained us artfully. For eight years, "The Andy Griffith Show" ranked at the top of TV polls. The single, solitary reason for its popularity was Andy Griffith himself. Not only was he a marvelous and appealing character, he also had a heavy hand in the shaping of each and every show - in short, he knew good material from weak. This DVD contains six of the all-time classic Andy Griffith Show episodes. Andy, Don Knotts, Ron Howard and Francis Bavier are joined by guest stars through some unforgettable moments from television's truly classic era.

Episodes include: "The Loaded Goat": Guest stars Hal Smith. A goat has eaten some dynamite; "The Great Filing Station Robbery": Guest stars Jim Nabors. Andy plays detective when Walley's garage is robbed; "Andy Discovers America": Andy gets into hot water with the new school teacher; "Aunt Bee's Medicine Man": A traveling medicine man comes to Mayberry and catches Bee's heart; and "The Darlings Are Coming": A betrothed mountain girl develops a crush on Andy.

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Andy Griffith, Don Knotts and the entire community of Mayberry offer a comedic trip down memory lane in this collection of five episodes from THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW. Episodes: "Aunt Bee's Medicine Man," "The Darlings Are Coming," "The Great Filling Station Robbery," "Andy Discovers America," and the memorable "Loaded Goat" in which a billy goat dines on some explosives.

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Classic Television | Comedy | Series | Sitcoms

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